Last week my soul fully merged with my body.<\/p>\n
Intense, maybe even crazy, statement to make, right?<\/em><\/p>\n Well, it was intense + crazy to process!<\/p>\n I was in Costa Rica with some of the greatest thought leaders and shamans from all over the world to aid in the healing process for people to see who they’ve become, merge with their soul, and heal their hearts.<\/p>\n I went feeling like I had little to gain, but was definitely curious. After all, I’ve graduated from therapy, live in my purpose with work, and have deep meaningful relationships for miles. What more could there be?<\/em><\/p>\n Within the 2nd breathwork class, I had a meltdown. It was obvious why I was there, I didn’t fully trust. Not myself nor anyone else in my life. A wound that was unhealed from being a child of abuse.<\/p>\n Through yoga, breathwork, education, and plant medicine ceremonies, the teachers and shamans were a display of pure love and guided us in shining a light on our fears so love could take over. I gained more wisdom about myself and the human experience during this week than I had in my entire life. The wisdom that was bestowed on all of us will stay with me forever.<\/p>\n It’s a privilege and an honor to share the 10 greatest pieces of wisdom\u00a0I gained from the shamans with you here…<\/p>\n 1<\/strong>. We are the result of thousands of generations of our ancestor’s traumas that were never healed.\u00a0<\/strong>This one blew my mind but made so much sense all at once. Of course\u00a0<\/em>our pain is passed down from generation to generation! Our parents did the best they could with what they were shown to be true. The shamans told us when we do the work of healing ourselves completely, our ancestors are dancing in the skies for they are finally free of the pain, too.<\/p>\n 2. Hurt people, hurt people.\u00a0Healed people, heal people.\u00a0<\/strong>So, whenever you can, be kind to those who hurt you. They are likely deeply wounded themselves and could use love. When the hurt is dangerous or puts you in harm’s way, remove yourself completely so you can continue to heal.<\/p>\n 3. When we can find stillness in the light, healing begins.\u00a0<\/strong>We live in a hyperactive world and the greatest healing happens when we’re fully present with all of ourselves, not just the good parts. Observing our emotions as points of data will lead us to greater existence and understanding.<\/p>\n 4. Your perception of me is a reflection of you.<\/strong> Notice what bothers you about someone. About what they say or how they act. Notice what makes you feel a connection to someone. How they carry themselves or engage with others. Then get curious about why those attributes disturb or ignite you so much. When you really step back and contemplate with intention, you will discover that those pieces are a reflection of yourself! You wouldn’t notice them otherwise.<\/p>\n 5. Our body is the carrier of our soul and we must care for it with all our being to truly live in union with our light.\u00a0<\/strong>We must be aware of what we’re doing to numb our bodies. Drinking a bottle of wine each night? Watching mindless TV on end? Eating an extra-large pizza all to ourselves after we’re already full? These are all signs that we’re out of alignment with our soul because we’re hurting our bodies (which carry our light) and are leaning more into darkness.<\/p>\n 6. Love your fears. <\/strong>Our minds create fear out of protection, but most of the time they do not serve us. Anxiety is simply excitement without breath. When you’re able to loosen your body’s tensions through your breath, fear starts to melt away and love can enter.<\/p>\n 7. We find what we look for and miss what we don’t.\u00a0<\/strong>When we look for love, you’ll find it. If you look for frustration, you’ll find it. Set an intention about what you want to see and you’ll find what you’re looking for!<\/p>\n 8. Love accounting is not love.\u00a0<\/strong>You know those times when you do something kind for someone and then you place a tally\u00a0mark in your column of things you’ve done lately to be nice for that person (especially with our life partners)? And then we get pissed when that person doesn’t acknowledge or reciprocate in an equal or greater act of love? Well, that’s love accounting! When you do things simply out of wanting to show and be love, it’s only pure when there’s no desire or expectation for reciprocation.<\/p>\n 9. Bad emotions want to leave your body, but your stories keep them there.\u00a0<\/strong>Our bodies don’t want to store bad emotions, they want to purge them! But the stories we associate to those emotions, like “I’m not lovable”<\/em> or “I’m a fraud”<\/em> continue to stay inside of us and don’t allow them to fade away. This experience is scientifically proven to be associated with disease and death.<\/p>\n 10. Be a light warrior or a lightworker. <\/strong>Most of us live in such fear and pain, or the darkness. It’s only love, or the light, that can make those fears vanish. A light warrior is someone who plunges into the darkness to shine the light on the evil. And a lightworker is someone who stays in stillness and has the light glow from them in every space they go.\u00a0 I learned to spread the light by removing judgment + learning to trust myself and now I have peace.<\/p>\n Will you bathe in the light with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transformative Wisdom: 10 Life-Changing Lessons from a Week with World-Renowned Shamans in Costa Rica Last week my soul fully merged with my body. Intense, maybe even crazy, statement to make, right? Well, it was intense + crazy to process! 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